“Some current smokers will be less inclined to quit if they can vape in places where combustibles are banned.”
This misleading and nonsensical statement shows that this is all about social control, and not about protecting health.
Vaping is not smoking (no combustion involved, and hence no harmful products of combustion). If a current smoker switches completely to vaping from smoking (and many do), then they have quit smoking, even though they are still dosing themselves with nicotine.
I can’t “vap” because they can’t vaporize a good Dominican cigar.